Repo Man (Collector's Edition)

Buy This Item Repo Man (Collector's Edition) by Universal Studios  Available from Amazon  $14.99  on 11-25-2008     A volatile, toxic potion of satire and nihilism, road movie and science fiction, violence and comedy, the unclassifiable sensibility of Alex Cox's <i>Repo Man</i> is the model and inspiration for a potent strain of post-punk American comedy that includes not only Quentin Tarantino (<i>Pulp Fiction</i>), but also early Coen brothers (<i>Raising Arizona</i>, in particular), <i>Men in Black</i>, and even (in a weird way) <i>The X-Files</i>. Otto, a baby-face punk played by Emilio Estevez, becomes an apprentice to Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), a coke-snorting, veteran repo-man-of-honor prowling the streets of a Los Angeles wasteland populated by hoods, wackos, burnouts, conspiracy theorists, and aliens of every stripe. It may seem chaotic at first glance, but there's a "latticework of coincidence" (as Tracey Walter puts it) underlying everything. <i>Repo Man</i> is a key American movie of the 1980s--just as <i>Taxi Driver</i>, <i>Nashville</i>, and <i>Chinatown</i> are key American movies of the '70s. With a scorching soundtrack that features Iggy Pop, Fear, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and Suicidal Tendencies. <i>--Jim Emerson</i> Reader Reviews The Noir Family favorite! No-good-nik punky teenagers run amok. Great 80's music. A runaway mad scientist with aliens in his trunk. Watch what happens when the policeman opens it up to see what's in there! The best character is Miller, the insane philosopher of the Re-possession company who doesn't drive. The more you drive the stupider you get, he asserts. It all ends up too whacked out to actually admit to following along but there is an encounter of the third kind. Sort of. Anyway.

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